Recorded 17th February 2019
This week I am joined by our resident digital forensics specialist and the Slackroom security guru @dougee (Andy J) for a Cyber Security Special to talk about passwords, password managers, browsers, tracking, fingerprinting, AV/Malware protection and lots more. We even find time to fit in a few short news stories too!
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On this week’s show:
Andy J (aka @dougee)
- In the Slackroom
SECURITY SPECIAL
- Americans and Cyber Security – Pew Internet
- Top 10 Security Practices – Cal Poly
- 2019 State of Malware report: Trojans and cryptominers dominate threat landscape – Malwarebytes Blog
- The best Mac antivirus of 2019
- How to stay as private as possible on Apple’s iPad and iPhone – Computerworld
- Fingerprinting
- So, how much information are you giving away right now? These two sites will show you: AmIUnique.org and Panopticlick.eff.org – I think you’ll be surprised.
- Browser Audit
- Device Info Me
- Detect My Browser
- DNS Leak Detector
- Email Privacy Tester
- 99 Free Privacy Tools That Will Keep You Safe Online in 2019 – Cloudwards
- 7 security tips to stop apps from stealing your data – CNET
- Two Factor and U2F authentication
- Authentictor Apps inc Authy, Google, Microsoft, Last Pass
- YubiKey or Simon’s is the Feitian ePass FIDO-NFC Security Key
- VPNs – so many out there, but be cautious that the one you use is reputable (and I am never sure comparison sites aren’t taking a kickback to promote one or more services… call me cynical)
- Advertising/Content Blockers/Anti Trackers
- Ghostery / Ghostery Lite / Ghostery Plus
- Privacy Badger
- Ad Block Plus
- Crystal Content Blocker (iOS)
- Password Managers – like anything based around securing your privacy be sure your chosen solution is verifiably reputable
- iOS KeyChain
- 1 Password
- LastPass
- Dashlane
- Password Boss
- Browsers
- Brave
- Cliqz
- Tor
- Vivaldi
- Safari
- Reverse Firewall / Network Blocking
- Little Snitch
- LuLu
- Hands Off
- Radio Silence
APPLE
- New macOS Malware Variant of Shlayer (OSX) Discovered – Carbon Black
- Apple’s latest update for iOS 12 makes it easier to manage subscriptions – BGR
- Apple being sued because two-factor authentication on an iPhone or Mac takes too much time – Apple Insider
- Apple to acquire voice app firm PullString in deal worth below $100M, report says – AppleInsider
- Apple reportedly acquires digital marketing firm DataTiger – Apple Insider
TECHNOLOGY
- ‘Surveillance capitalism’ has gone rogue. We must curb its excesses – Washington Post
- Not only was glass box spying on people apparently it was insecure as hell to boot… Computer World
- Google Is Forcing Some Nest Customers to Reset Their Potentially Compromised Passwords – Gizmodo
- ‘Google, this is bogus as hell’ — one of the fathers of the internet blasts Google for how Chromecast behaves on his home network – Business Insider
- Consumer groups call out retailers in a bid for better IoT security – Digital Trends
- US needs an internet data privacy law, GAO tells Congress – CNet
JUST A SNIPPET
For things that are not worth more than a flypast
- TCL is working on a foldable phone that bends into a smartwatch – CNet
Nemo’s Hardware Store (55:24)
- ATH-M50xBT Wireless Over-Ear Headphones – Amazon $200 US or £174 UK
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- Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing.
- 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again.
- Sudo – Get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter…
- ProtonMail – End to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE… what more can you ask?
- ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing!
- Fake Name Generator – So much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need.
- Wire – Free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
- Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.
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